They alleged that Hupp stole their moms $150,000 life insurance payout, despite telling the police that she would give the money to the girls. Actress Rene Zellweger stars as convicted killer Pam Hupp in the new series, The first detective to interview the husband of murdered terminal cancer patient Betsy Faria has called the new. The first cop who arrived at the scene of the crime said Russ seemed visibly upset, but had limited tears coming from his eyes, according to St. Louis Magazine. Or listened to our hit podcast, The Thing About Pam. The position of Betsy's body suggested that she was murdered by someone she trusted. But thats not where it ends. Zellweger had previously put on weight to play her role in "Bridget Jones's Diary" but found that this had affected her health, so she agreed to the use of prosthetics and a "fat suit" to play Pam. [117], Betsy's murder was the subject of six Dateline NBC episodes: "The House on Sumac Drive" (2014), "Game Night" (2015), "Return to Game Night" (2016), "Stranger Than Fiction" (2016), "The Thing About Pam" (2019), and "The Real Thing About Pam" (2022). Pam Hupp was the last person to see Betsy Faria alive True Crime Daily/YouTube Pam Hupp had a conundrum in late 2011. Neumanns death had previously been ruled an accident, but, in 2017, the St. Louis County Medical Examiners Office officially changed the manner of death to undetermined. Neumann had eight times the typical dose of Ambien in her system at the time of her death. [122] In September 2019, the murder of Louis Gumpenberger was the subject of a Dateline NBC true crime podcast. Whatever car she thought Russ was driving, shed say she saw in the drive, Schwartz told St. Louis Magazine. As The Thing About Pam points out, local law enforcement believed Betsys murder was an open-and-shut case: the husband did it. "[16][75], In November 2017, Mary Case, the chief medical examiner for St. Louis County, changed the manner of Neumann's death from "accidental" to "undetermined". [21], During Russ' trial, his defense attorney, Joel Schwartz, argued that the testimonies of the four friends he had visited, cellphone records evidencing his presence at his friend's house twenty miles away from the murder scene, and evidence of his making purchases from different stores over the course of the evening demonstrated that the timeline did not allow for him to commit the murder. [24] In a secret hearing during the trial, Hupp claimed that she had put $100,000 of the insurance money in a trust for Betsy's daughters; in a July 2014 civil deposition, she admitted she had not done so. St. Charles County. Hupp has pled not guilty. [78][80][83], Immediately after the shooting, Hupp voluntarily went to the O'Fallon Police Department. IE 11 is not supported. Pamela Hupp. The slippers, Schwartz claimed, were placed in the back of his closet to frame him. [2][14][30] Two members of the jury in Russ' trial informed the media that this information had been withheld. Case stated, "since [Neumann's] death, many things have happened that involved the daughter. The new NBC series stars Rene Zellweger as convicted murderer Pam Hupp. Shortly after 12:00 noon on August 16, 2016, Louis Gumpenberger died after Hupp shot him five times in the hallway of her home at 1260 Little Brave Drive in O'Fallon. "[4], Elizabeth Kay Meyer Faria ("Betsy") was a coworker of Hupp at State Farm. She's a graduate of Hofstra University with a B.A. When 42-year-old Betsy Faria was brutally murdered in her Missouri home in 2011, suspicion immediately fell on her husband Russ Faria. Simpson and JonBent Ramsay have earned more coverage by the investigative series, a sign of just how complicated this story is. 1,107, This story has been shared 932 times. Hupp insisted upon driving Betsy home from her chemotherapy treatment despite Betsy already having transportation arranged and despite Hupp claiming not to be familiar with the Troy area. "Over and over again, I just kept asking the question: 'How?'" [72][76][77], Louis Royse Gumpenberger was a resident of Union, Missouri. While it is unclear who mailed the letter, Pam had previously been fired twice for forging signaturesa detail she didnt disclose on her State Farm job application. When she dropped Betsy off at home at approximately 7 p.m. the two called Pams husband, Mark Hupp, to check in. She lived in Troy, Missouri, with her husband, Russell Scott Faria ("Russ"), and two daughters from a previous relationship. The third of four children, Hupp was described by friends as a boy crazy cheerleader with a big personality and an even bigger laugh, according to St. Louis Magazine. Following a police investigation, assistant medical examiner Raj Nanduri concluded that Neumann had died from blunt trauma to the chest resulting from an accidental fall. [78] He had mental and physical disabilities after a car crash in 2005. Russ was sentenced to life in prison and served more than two years before a retrial set him free. [58] Court documents filed by Wood asserted that Hupp murdered Betsy for financial gain. 02:24 The Rene Zellweger-led series The Thing About Pam may have aired its series finale on Tuesday, but NBC isn't done exploring the bizarre story of Pam Hupp. Hupp is currently serving life in prison for the 2016 murder of Louis Gumpenberger a man she claimed that she had shot in self-defense after he followed her into her house. Hupp has been the focal point of five Dateline reports, starting in 2014, as well as a 2019 podcast. A Monkey Peed in Chase Stokes's Eye While Filming 'Outer Banks', 'Outer Banks' Season 3: That Kiss Between Jonathan Daviss and Carlacia Grant Wasn't in the Original Script, 'Outer Banks' Stars Rudy Pankow and Madison Bailey Break Down JJ and Kiaras "Overdue" Kiss: "I Love That Moment", 'Outer Banks' Stars Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline Break Down That Cheating Plot: "I Was Really, Really Nervous", '1923' Season 1 Finale Recap: "Nothing Left To Lose". Who is Pam Hupp? The real Pamela Hupp testifying in court. Hupp claimed that she had knocked the knife out of Gumpenberger's hand with a "karate chop" and then fled into her house, shooting Gumpenberger in self-defense with a Ruger LCR she kept on her nightstand after he pursued her.[2][81]. [72][74] A retired homicide detective suggested to KTVI that one of the vertical bars appeared to have been "kicked out". [5] Russ remained the beneficiary on a separate $100,000 (equivalent to $120,000 in 2021) policy. Heres how to watch Datelines The Real Thing About Pam live on NBC. [57], On July 12, 2021, Wood charged Hupp with the first-degree murder of Betsy Faria and with armed criminal action. Excessive pride proves to be the downfall of one sinful perpetrator A mother is found dead, another woman targeted at home, two mysterious crimes tied together with a shocking common ground. [62] He suggested that the actions by investigators and prosecutors concerned could constitute gross negligence or "calculated criminal behavior". Jeannette Cooperman (January 19, 2017) "The unimaginable, infamous case of Pam Hupp", Lincoln County Sheriff's Office - Major Case Squad Report #2011-501 (Faria Homicide), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pam_Hupp&oldid=1141901607, American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Missouri, Wikipedia temporarily semi-protected biographies of living people, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. [6] Unable to make $250,000 bail (equivalent to $295,000 in 2021), he was held in the county jail until his trial began on November 18, 2013. [63] He further suggested that, by the time of Russ' second trial, Lincoln County prosecutors were acting to protect their own civil liability rather than seeking justice. S26 E25 02/09/20. Maybe you watched one of the original reports on Dateline. The police reopened their investigation, but after interviewing the housekeeper who had found Neumann's body and Neumann's son Michael both of whom said that Neumann was "unsteady" again concluded that her death was accidental. Betsys daughter Mariah talks to Dateline for the first time about the death of her mother and the wrongful prosecution of her stepfather. Pamela Hupp Episode aired Feb 9, 2020 TV-14 43 m YOUR RATING Rate Documentary Crime A mother is found dead, another woman targeted at home, two mysterious crimes tied together with a shocking common ground. [52][53] In October 2019, Wood requested a case review by the Major Case Squad of Greater St. [18] The trial judge, Christina Mennemeyer, refused to allow Schwartz to present evidence implicating Hupp as an alternative suspect,[15] including cellphone records showing she had been in the vicinity of the Faria house for up to thirty minutes after the time she claimed to have dropped Betsy off[14] or that Betsy had made Hupp the sole beneficiary of the life insurance policy shortly before her death. [45], The decision not to investigate Hupp had been widely criticized; a former employee of the prosecutor's office said, "There were several of us that kept thinking, why are we not pursuing Pam Hupp? Rene Zellweger, who had become interested in the case after becoming "obsessed" with the Dateline NBC podcast, served as executive producer for the series and also portrayed Hupp using facial prosthetics and a fatsuit. In February 2015, the Missouri Court of Appeals sent the case back to the 45th Circuit Court for a hearing on a retrial. 932, This story has been shared 919 times. Stream It Or Skip It: 'Disconnect: The Wedding Planner' on Netflix, A Nollywood Rom-Com, Stream It Or Skip It: 'A Sunday Affair' on Netflix, a Lukewarm Nollywood Love-Triangle Drama, Stream It or Skip It: 'Welcome to Valentine' on Hallmark, Where a CEO-In-Waiting Makes the Mistake of Driving a Classic Car through a Small Town, Stream It Or Skip It: The Romantics on Netflix, A Docuseries About Bollywoods Auteur Director Yash Chopra, Never Forget Joe Manganiellos Iconic Gas Station Strip Scene Now That Magic Mike XXL is on Netflix, Stream It Or Skip It: 'A Man Called Otto' on VOD, Starring Tom Hanks as a Stereotypical Grumpy Old Man, Chris Rock Will Finally Address SlapGate In Netflix Comedy Special, Where Was We Have a Ghost Filmed? [138], The book Countdown to Murder: Pam Hupp, by Rebecca F. Pittman, was published in 2021. 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I mean, I guess, if I wanted a lot of money, I could kill him instead of her, she said, which struck the lawyer as an odd thing to sayespecially when no one had accused her of killing her friend. 1,733, This story has been shared 1,643 times. ET): This article has been updated to clarify that a charge against Pam Hupp for the murder of Betsy Faria remains pending. Datelines The Real Thing About Pam airs tonight (April 15) from 9:00-11:00 p.m. Rebecca F. Pittman is a bestselling author of 16 titles. Magazines, Digital In October 2011, Betsy learned the cancer had metastasized to her liver[6] and was terminal. 2,250, This story has been shared 2,140 times. Pamela Hupp was once a star witness, taking center stage at the trial for her best friend's murder. CLARIFICATION (March 16, 2022 at 12:58 p.m. In this new episode, youll see what has happened since Pams friend Betsy Faria was murdered back in 2011 in Troy, Missouri. Afterward she was driven home by Hupp, the last confirmed person to have seen her alive. [25] (In August 2016, it was revealed that Hupp's company H2 Partners LLC had loaned $122,574.84 to her son Travis. The former coworkers lost touch for years, but when Faria was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, Hupp swooped in to help, often driving Faria to her chemotherapy treatments. But today, the 63-year-old has become the suspected killer in the shocking case at the center. 3,127, This story has been shared 3,014 times. [37] In July 2016, Russ filed a civil rights lawsuit against Askey and three deputy sheriffs on the grounds that they had "fabricated evidence, ignored exonerating evidence and failed to investigate the other obvious suspect. Earlier that year, prior to her mother's death, Hupp had been videotaped saying, "My mom's worth half a million that I get when she dies [] if I really wanted money, there was an easier way than trying to combat somebody that's physically stronger than me". [107] Hupp is serving her sentence at the Chillicothe Correctional Center. Rene Zellweger, Judy Greer and Josh Duhamel are leading the cast of a new crime drama called The Thing About Pam. If you cant watch live, tonights Dateline will be available for next-day streaming (more on that below), and both the original Dateline episode about the case as well as an episode of Snapped about Pam Hupp are currently available on Peacock. Russ Faria remembers the woman whose life is often overshadowed by the stranger-than-fiction events that began with her death: His wife Betsy. There was no evidence to suggest Faria knew the fundraiser was questionable, with her friends recalling that she said she was excited to be helping a struggling family, even though she herself was dying. Her first words in the recorded interview were, "Is this going to be filmed? ET on NBC. But today the 63-year-old has become the suspected killer in the shocking case at the center of NBC's limited series "The Thing About Pam," airing Tuesdays at 10/9c.. Huppwho is already behind bars for murdering a mentally disabled manis now awaiting trial for the murder of Betsy . However, the police reported that Betsy had been stabbed 55 times and her wounds were not self-inflicted. 1,643, This story has been shared 1,107 times. And so all of that investigation, including the one in Lincoln County and the one in St. Charles, became pertinent information [] I was no longer willing to say it could be an accident." Published in 2022, "Bone Deep: Untangling the Twisted True Story of the Tragic Betsy Faria Murder Case" is a thorough analysis of Faria's murder from the perspective of someone who knows it better than most. [12] Hupp admitted that she had lied about what she intended to do with the life insurance proceeds. She claimed to police that Gumpenberger had tried to kidnap her at knifepoint to get Russ money, a reference to Betsys husband that was believed to be Hupps attempt to frame Faria. Knives in Hupp's kitchen were similarly stored wedged between the stove and counter. Hupp later said that Betsy had wanted her to keep the money for herself. 919, This story has been shared 889 times. Pamela Marie Hupp (ne Neumann; born October 10, 1958) is an American murderer serving a life sentence in Missouri's Chillicothe Correctional Center for the 2016 shooting of Louis Gumpenberger in her home in O'Fallon, Missouri. [19] A month later, he was sentenced to life plus thirty years' imprisonment without possibility of parole and sent to the Jefferson City Correctional Center. She seems like someone that we recognize and we know.. Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in the conviction of her husband, Russ, but he insisted he did not kill her. Magazines, investigating possible police and prosecutor misconduct, civil suit that Betsys daughters had brought against Hupp, 2013 death of Hupps mother, Shirley Neumann, Or create a free account to access more articles, Rene Zellweger Stars In The NBC Docudrama. Excessive pride proves to be the downfall of one sinful perpetrator Read allA mother is found dead, another woman targeted at home, two mysterious crimes tied together with a shocking common ground. [99] Bail for Hupp was set at $2,000,000 (equivalent to $2,258,000 in 2021). The series will also be made available to . Two years later, Faria was granted a new trial in which the defense was permitted to present information and evidence that was not allowed in the first trial regarding Hupp being a possible suspect. Discover the Louisiana Filming Locations, Chris Pine Laughs Off Rumors of Harry Styles Feud: "It Did Look Like Harry Spit on Me", How To Watch 'Magic Mike's Last Dance,' Now Available From On-Demand Retailers, Stream It Or Skip It: EO on the Criterion Channel, a Donkey's Life Interpreted as Art. [78] Upon being arrested, she asked to visit a bathroom, where she used a ballpoint pen to stab her neck and wrists in an apparent suicide attempt;[2] St. Charles County assistant prosecutor Phil Groenweghe described the act as "consciousness of guilt". 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This episodic series presents a compelling look at the allegations against Hupp while touching on the broader implications for the criminal justice system. [14] Hupp also told police that she had "remembered" seeing Russ and another man in a car parked in a side street outside the Faria house as she drove Betsy home. [17] First responders arrived within ten minutes and concluded that Betsy had been dead for at least an hour or longer. [123][124] It spent several weeks as one of the most popular Apple podcasts. [60] The prosecution alleged that Hupp repeatedly stabbed Betsy while she was asleep on her sofa and weakened from her chemotherapy treatment, then removed her socks and used them to spread blood around the house to try to give the impression of domestic violence before replacing them on Betsy's feet.[61]. If youve already started "The Thing About Pam" and are looking to do a deep dive into the rest of the story, weve rounded up all of the books, podcasts and documentaries to check out in between episodes of the new NBC show. [22][34], In 2016, Schwartz filed a bar complaint against Askey; it was eventually dismissed by the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel. Despite Hupps new claims, Faria was acquitted in November 2015 with the judge calling Lincoln Countys investigation into the case rather disturbing. In 2020, Lincoln County settled a civil lawsuit with Russ Faria over his wrongful conviction for more than $2 million. The series will be a joint venture between NBC and Blumhouse Television. In it, Betsy's daughter Mariah Day shared her story. [113] In June 2022, Burger's firm received an initial payment of $783 garnished from money Hupp had earned working as a tutor in the Chillicothe Correctional Center. Pamela Hupp, a woman serving life in prison and recently charged with murder in a separate case, is portrayed by Rene Zellweger in The Thing About Pam, an upcoming true-crime drama on NBC.. Hupp . Pamela Hupp is a strange woman. A woman who lured an innocent man to his death. The idea is accuracy, she told Entertainment Tonight before the shows premiere. This would. [17][47][48] In January 2018, attorneys acting for Russ deposed Hupp as part of his lawsuit against Lincoln County; she declined to answer 92 questions relating to the killing of his wife. It doesn't get more "insider perspective" than "Bone Deep.". In response to the refusal, Russ' attorneys sought a court order to force a response. A former neighbor of Pams will provide insight into her experience living in the same neighborhood as the Hupps in OFallon, Missouri. [125], In July 2019, filmmaker Daniel Blake Smith announced that he was writing and producing Proof, a feature film based on the stories of Russ and his defense attorney Joel Schwartz. Narrated by Keith Morrison, 'The Thing About Pam' is a crime drama series that revolves around the murder case of Betsy Faria, a woman from a small town in Missouri. [16] In September 2020, Hupp filed a motion to vacate her conviction, claiming she was pressured to take a plea;[115] it was denied the following March as untimely. Aired: 02/09/2020. More than riveted, actually: In "The Thing About Pam," she found her next major project. It was later revealed that the document was written in Word 97, software that had not been installed on the laptop; it was the only document on the laptop with an "unknown" author. [102] In August 2018, Hupp's trial date was set for June 2019. Watch The Thing About Pam: Becoming Pam Hupp, Watch The Thing About Pam: She's A Killer, Watch The Thing About Pam: She's A Star Witness, Watch The Thing About Pam: She's A Good Friend, Watch The Thing About Pam: Renee Zellweger Is Pam. She was also the one who pushed the narrative that Russ was an abusive husband who was out to get Betsys life insurance money when she died. This picture of Russ as an aggressive spouse helped prosecutors build a case against him. Season 5 Return Date Info, Love 'Yellowstone'? It's twisty and I can see why a show would have been warranted. This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp. This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp. She ultimately entered an Alford plea before charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action could go to trial. [103], Instead of contesting the charges at trial, Hupp entered an Alford plea, waiving her right to a jury trial. 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A carpet swatch found by police appeared to have been positioned to protect a rug in Hupp's home from Gumpenberger's blood. In response to the claims, Schwartz noted that the pillow story had originally been told by Hupp. While you can watch Dateline live or on demand via Hulu + Live TV, the episode wont be available for next-day streaming with a traditional Hulu account. The two-hour broadcast features new interviews, including a conversation with Leah Askey, the prosecutor behind the wrongful conviction of Russ Faria. Following Gumpenbergers death, Hupp told authorities that she killed the man in self-defense, but the police believed it was a staged murder-for-hire plot intended to implicate Russ once again in the murder of his late wife. Faria, who was 11 years Hupps junior, was known for being sweet and bubbly, with a reputation for being scatterbrained and often short on cash. 2,005, This story has been shared 1,979 times. This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 12:56. 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